There’s been a lot of buzz around the 1 year anniversary of the App Store and it’s whopping 60,000 apps currently available for download. The App Store totaled over 1.5 billion downloads in it’s first year. Games accounting for almost 20% of the total downloads, Utilities just under 8% and  Business apps under 3%.

I’ve wasted countless hours browsing through every app in the app store since it’s inception. On the odd night, once a month or so, I’ll lay in bed and go through page after page of apps wondering if, perhaps, I’ve missed some great app that I don’t yet have.

In my opinion, the reality is that there is far more garbage in the App Store than useful apps. Games aside, 80% of the apps currently available are pretty useless when it comes to every day use or productivity. Don’t get me wrong, I love games and I love useless apps (iPint) but it seems important for the long-term outlook of the iPhone to become a tool of productivity.

I’ve written a few posts about apps that I use daily. Tools that make it possible for me to work on the road and actually get things done, but it’s really starting to get under my skin that all of these apps seem to be lacking in some form or another.

Most VCs are dumping money into the development of games and social networking apps. What about productivity apps and utilities? When developers like Inner Four Inc., are making apps like Mirror Free and generating upwards of $3000 a day through mobile ads it makes me wonder where we’re headed as a society that would rather be downloading mirror apps with selectable frames rather than an app that will improve our ability to think or work.

I hate to sound like a workoholic or something, because that’s not the case at all. I guess I’m just getting tired of waiting for that “killer” app that really helps me step up my game.

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